1.

Method for electrocaloric energy conversion

The patent application on the method of electrocaloric energy conversion, filed together with our co-inventors from the Faculty of mechanical engineering, University of Ljubljana in EU, USA and China, was bought by the company Gorenje.

F.32 International patent

COBISS.SI-ID: 29642791

2.

Grain growth in solution-derived perovskite thin films

The programme head had an invited talk at a prestigious Gordon conference series (conference: Solid State Scineces). The topic was on mechanisms of grain growth in perovskite thin films, which in selected cases can not be described by existing models.

B.04 Guest lecture

COBISS.SI-ID: 29679911

3.

Process for manufacturing cordierite ceramics having controlled and reproducible mechanical and thermal properties

The cordierite material with controlled mechanical and thermal proeprties was developed by a designed use of natural and synthetic reagents. The research group from JSI and the company ETI was awarded Puh recognition for this work in 2015.

E.01 National awards

COBISS.SI-ID: 30322983

4.

PIEZO 2015

The international conference PIEZO 2015: Electroceramics for End-users VIII was organised by Jožef Stefan Institute and Centre of Excellence NAMASTE and chaired by B. Malič (25.-28.1. 2015, Mariborsko Pohorje). The conference was dedicated to advances in electroactive, particularly piezoceramic, materials and devices with the aim to present the latest developments, use and application of piezoelectric materials and related technologies both to academic and industrial communities. There were 94 participants from 19 countries with about one third of participants from 18 companies.

B.02 Presiding over the programming board of a conference

COBISS.SI-ID: 28347943

5.

A vibration system and a filtering plate for filtering substances

Within the 7 FP EU CERAMPOL project and in collaboration with our research partner HIPOT-RR, we fabricated an innovative vibrating system for waste water purification. The system is based on the porous ceramic membrane which vibrates under the influence of electrically-driven PZT piezoelectric integrated into the membrane. We optimised the system's operation conditions using finite element modelling and measurements of the displacement amplitudes of the system in a wide frequency range. We demonstrated with tests under real operating conditions that the novel vibrational system can be effectively used for water purification. With the project partner LEITAT, Spain, we submitted a PCT patent application.